Privateer in Win98?

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2 total messages Started by A Reys Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:21

#160600

Author: A Reys
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:21

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Hey all, I've recently had an urge to play Privateer (1) again. However, I'm
running Windows 98, and was wondering if there is any way to run it from
INSIDE windows. ATM I have it set to prevent the .exe from detecting
windows, but after starting itup, it says that a network card driver has
been detected (naturally, since I have a network card) and it can't enter
protected mode safely. Any ideas?

Re: Privateer in Win98?

#160601

Author: Death
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 03:54

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On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:21:46 GMT, "A Reys" <andr...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Hey all, I've recently had an urge to play Privateer (1) again. However, I'm
> running Windows 98, and was wondering if there is any way to run it from
> INSIDE windows. ATM I have it set to prevent the .exe from detecting
> windows, but after starting itup, it says that a network card driver has
> been detected (naturally, since I have a network card) and it can't enter
> protected mode safely. Any ideas?

The memory scheme used by any flavor of Windows is completely
incompatible with the JEMM memory overlay that Privateer uses.
There's absolutely no way to run it within Windows itself, you must
use a "pure" DOS environment.

(DOS emulation doesn't work so hot, either... Priv/RF is very picky
about its operating environment.  That's beyond the scope of this
post, though, and the details are beyond my personal knowledge
database.)

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